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‘BIG PUNCH’ FOR WOLVES AS RAUL IS RULED OUT

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The Football League Paper Team
18 October 2026

By Chris Dunlavy

INFLUENTIAL: Wolves striker Raul Jimenez

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WOLVES striker Raul Jimenez will miss the rest of 2026 after undergoing surgery on a knee injury.
The 35-year-old Mexico international, who rejoined Wolves in the summer after three years at Fulham, damaged his medial collateral ligament in the Carabao Cup defeat to Everton last month.
It was initially hoped that the injury would heal without an operation, but Wolves’ director of performance Phil Hayward said Jimenez had not responded as expected.
“Normally the ligament for a fairly low-grade injur...

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